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Say What? Recession or No, Women Love Their Sex Toys!

TresSugar — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0800

"[Y]eah, money's tight. If people are going to spend their dollars, they want to know it's a good product. People are staying home more, so we've directed more marketing efforts toward cheap date nights - for the price of a movie and dinner, buy a vibrator, stay home and have fun."

- Good Vibrations rep Jackie Strano, responding to a question about what the sex business is like during the recession. Good Vibrations is a popular woman-friendly adult sex toy store in San Francisco, CA.

Photo by Alejandro Martínez-Cabrera

Say What? Sarah Haskins Rages Against the Machine

TresSugar — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:00:00 -0800

“As the Internet and TV and movies all become one scary machine in your living room, it’s important that we all have some level of media literacy."

- Sarah Haskins, who sends up ads directed at women in her amazing Target Women clips on Current TV. She thinks advertisers show how clueless they are about women by doing two incompatible things at once: "trying to still use some of the traditional gender roles, while also trying to match the changes . . . in the past 40 to 50 years."

Say What? Shakira's Hips Don't Lie

TresSugar — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:00:00 -0700

"My body feels like it is asking to reproduce, to have a huge belly and carry babies."

- Shakira, in the latest issue of Rolling Stone, about feeling her biological clock ticking. You won't see her get married any time soon, though. She claims she'll never get married, even though she's been with her beau for nine years. What I'd love to hear her explain is what the following lyrics from "Wherever, Wherever" mean: "Lucky that my breasts are small and humble/So you don't confuse them with mountains." I may not confuse them with mountains, but I am confused!

Say What? Where the Grouchy Things Are

TresSugar — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:00:00 -0700

"I would tell them to go to hell. That's a question I will not tolerate."

- Maurice Sendak, author of the classic children's book-turned-movie Where the Wild Things Are, when asked "What do you say to parents who think the Wild Things film may be too scary?" I guess this is artistic integrity, but it's kind of a valid question, no? Unless it's simply not a children's movie . . .

Say What? Phyllis Schlafly on Taking Back America

TresSugar — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:37:12 -0700

"I submit to you that the feminist movement is the most dangerous, destructive force in our society today . . . My analysis is that the gays are about five percent of the attack on marriage in this country, and the feminists are about 95 percent."

- Conservative political activist Phyllis Schafly, best known for her opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment in the '70s, at
the conservative "How to Take Back America" conference this weekend. To watch a video clip of her speech, read more.

Are You a Worrier?

TresSugar — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:00:00 -0700

In the latest issue of Vanity Fair, Spanish beauty Penelope Cruz opens up about work and worrying. She says:

I've always been a worrier. Since I was a little girl I've always felt that if I had a moment of peace I'd wonder: Are you sure you can afford to feel like this?

I can totally relate to this sentiment. As I've gotten older I've tried to remember that while a healthy level of anxiety can help me keep my priorities straight, needless worries can sabotage moments of pleasure and peace. What about you?

Say What? Gorgeous Model Doesn't Want to Be "Fat" Anymore

TresSugar — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:00:00 -0700

"I don’t want to be the fat one anymore, so I have just started doing Pilates every morning, then going to the gym, running and swimming."

- Model Lara Stone, adored by French Vogue's editor Carine Roitfeld and famed for her amazing curves and the sexy gap between her front teeth. Clearly, the prevailing uberskinny look in fashion can make even women with bodies most of us would die for feel insecure. Don't do it, Lara!

Say What? Plus-Size Model Crystal Renn Isn't Hungry Anymore

TresSugar — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:40:00 -0700

"Even though I was accomplishing my dream, I was absolutely miserable. I was torturing myself every day by going to the gym every day up to eight hours a day and starving myself."

- From anorexic to plus-size model and now author of the memoir Hungry, Crystal Renn tells Good Morning America how she suffered to get where she is now. She thought she had signed up for a dream job when a modeling scout told her she had the look. The catch? The 5'9" Renn was told she needed to shave nine inches from her hips and lose around 70 pounds - which she did, at one time weighing only 90 pounds. Older, wiser, and a lot less hungry, Renn should be a lesson to us all: don't lose yourself (figuratively or literally!) to make anyone else happy.

Say What: Maureen Dowd Gives a Shout Out to Congressman

TresSugar — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:44:44 -0700

"Wilson’s shocking disrespect for the office of the president - no Democrat ever shouted 'liar' at W. when he was hawking a fake case for war in Iraq - convinced me: Some people just can’t believe a black man is president and will never accept it."

- New York Times op-ed columnist Maureen Dowd on Congressman from South Carolina Joe Wilson's shocking interjection of "You lie!" during President Obama's speech on health care. Dowd agrees with others who think that this breach in protocol and civility was an attempt to delegitimize him as the president - because he is black. Congressman Wilson, as it turns out, once spearheaded a campaign to keep the Confederate flag above South Carolina's state Capitol and denounced the black woman who stepped forward and said she was Strom Thurmond's daughter. (She was.) Wilson has since apologized and the President has accepted his apology, but he's now a sort of folk hero for those who don't like the president, and "You lie!" bumper stickers abound. What do you think of that outburst and its significance?

Say What? Spike Jonze's New Film Is Like a Baby Girl

TresSugar — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:00:00 -0700

"It's like the studio was expecting a boy, and I gave birth to a girl. And now they're learning to love and accept their daughter."

- Director Spike Jonze on his struggles with Warner Brothers, who wanted his adaptation of the Maurice Sendak children's classic Where the Wild Things Are to be more like Shrek and Madagascar than an avant-garde film. Jonze, however, wanted to stay true to the original book and to make a film that didn't talk down to children. What do you think of his arresting analogy?